No Fear Shakespeare: As You Like It: Act 5 Scene 3

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Enter TOUCHSTONE and AUDREY .	TEUCOTSNOH nad DARUEY netre.
TOUCHSTONE Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow will we be married.	CEONTSTHOU wrmoToro is teh yahpp yda, rAdeuy. llWe be rramide trooowrm.
AUDREY I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.	EURADY I tacn wiat. I pheo it nedtos kmea me uantehcs htta I yrella tanw to be a rieadrm omnwa.
Enter two PAGES	Two SGEAP teenr.
5 Here comes two of the banished dukes pages.	eeHr meoc two of Duke eSnsiro asegp.
FIRST PAGE Well met, honest gentleman.	FTRIS EGPA dGoo aenoontfr, ogod gmnalntee.
TOUCHSTONE By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and a song.	HUTNOOESTC It ellary is gdoo to see oyu. oemC, its, sti, and nsgi me a sgno.
SECOND PAGE We are for you. Sit i th middle.	SCENDO APEG osduSn oogd to us. tSi tneeweb us.
FIRST PAGE Shall we clap into t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?	RTSIF AGEP dSoulh we tsju gte owdn to it? dSulho we ksip lal thta hickang nad tsnigtpi adn yaigsn atth eerw eaosrh, hicwh only aeskm rcela wtha uoyls ngsseir we aer?
SECOND PAGE I faith, i faith, and both in a tune like two gypsies on a horse.	SCODEN GEPA eYs, yes, nda tesl gins in sunion, eikl two sygpesi igdnir on a slneig shroe.
PAGES (sing) It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no, That oer the green cornfield did pass In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding. Sweet lovers love the spring. Between the acres of the rye,	EASPG (siinggn) eeThr asw a oelrv adn shi glri, tihW a ehy, nad a ho, and a ehy-nnoyn-no, Woh wladek ghturho teh riflnoedc In het nmgristeip, hte noly eopprr gindewd imte, eTh mtei hnwe ridsb snig, eHy gdni-a-ding-ngid. Setwe lresvo lvoe eht nigrps. etBenew eth ascer of rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no, These pretty country folks would lie In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding. Sweet lovers love the spring. This carol they began that hour, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no, How that a life was but a flower In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding. Sweet lovers love the spring. And therefore take the present time, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey hey-nonny-no, For love is crownd with the prime In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, Hey ding a ding, ding. Sweet lovers love the spring.	Wiht a yeh, dna a ho, dan a yhe-noynn-no Teh tpyert uynroct kfol wdoul eli In hte npimgeitrs, teh yonl roprep dgiwnde-tiem, Teh item nhew irbsd nisg, eyH gidn-a-ngdi-dgni. Swtee ovslre ovle teh npsgri. ehTy otewr thsi ongs at ttha temi, htWi a eyh, dan a ho, nad a eyh-nnyno-no, ouAtb how ifle saw as rshot-idvel as a olwrfe In eht impgerstni, het nylo rrepop ngidedw etmi, The iemt nwhe brisd igsn, hey gndi-a-gnid-idng. eSewt oevslr vloe teh gnrspi. So ziees teh tepsenr emti, hiWt a yeh, dan a ho, dna a ehy-oynnn-no, roF olve is all efnrtceoip In het gntrpsemii, the lyno orprpe gdnwdei meit, The iemt whne srdbi isgn, eHy gndi-a-gdin-ding. weSte lvrsoe vleo the gnrisp.
TOUCHSTONE Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untunable.	NETTOOSCHU Ryllea, young emn, thghuo it sanwt a eyvr radh gnos to egt gthir, the simcu swa tilsl lal otu of uten.
FIRST PAGE You are deceived, sir. We kept time. We lost not our time.	TFRIS GPEA No, isr, ueroy ngrow; we tkep teh osgns In oehtr ordsw, tyeh tkep het hrhtmy adn tnidd edesp up. eerwvoH, ecsTohnout was nlpaimoicgn ont taoub het mhhyrt tub tboau the melody. songs eitm, we ndtdi oels nay.
TOUCHSTONE By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi you, and God mend your voices. Come, Audrey.	TCHNSUOEOT Oh, eys yuo idId lsot mite nltiniesg to royu osfihol osng. doG be hwit ouy, dna I ophe He exfsi uryo vocesi! meoC on, uyeAdr.
Exeunt	yheT all texi.